College Wrestling Network developed to expand coverage and promote sport
College Wrestling Network
12/05/2008
A number of leading wrestling media organizations have combined resources to
develop the College Wrestling Network, a partnership designed to expand the
coverage of college wrestling on the internet and promote the sport.
The wrestling media which have initially joined the College Wrestling Network are
(alphabetically): Buckeye Wrestling.com; InterMat, Michigan Grappler.com,
RevWrestling.com, Takedown Radio, Tech-Fall, TheMat.com, The Wrestling Mall,
WIN Magazine and Wrestling411.
Other wrestling media will be encouraged to participate in the project as it
develops.
These organizations have agreed to cooperate on scheduling of college wrestling coverage, as well as to regularly contribute content for the network. They will jointly promote the College Wrestling Network and support their partner media in publicizing their internet coverage.
The first stage of the program is the development of a college wrestling portal entitled CollegeWrestlingNetwork.com. On this website, each of the media outlets will post their stories in one location, which will link back to the original stories. The website will display the most recent coverage by a member organization.
Posted will be coverage of the following content areas: News, Features, Results, Rankings, Photos, Audio/Video.
There is a commitment to developing new and unique wrestling stories and content for the network that is created by the member media outlets. It will not include press releases and other materials already easily available.
The portal website has been designed and is functioning, and can be visited by wrestling fans at:
The next phase of the project will be the creation of a “widget” which will display College Wrestling Network stories on the homepages of other websites. This dynamic tool will be embedded into the homepage of each of the network organizations, as well as any other wrestling websites that wish to add it to their homepage.
As new stories are added to the College Wrestling Network, the postings on the widget will be updated, bringing the most updated information directly to every website that has posted the widget.
Final design details for the College Wrestling Network widget are being developed, with input from the partner organizations. It is expected to be completed later this month.
Coverage on the College Wrestling Network will begin in early December, with initial reports coming from the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, the Iowa vs. Iowa State dual meet and the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State dual meet.
Stay posted as the College Wrestling Network is expanded and improved. The mission of the organizations involved in the project is to provide high-quality wrestling journalism, while reaching an expanded audience for their college wrestling coverage.
Anybody seeking additional information about the College Wrestling Network can contact Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling at gabbott@usawrestling.org
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